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School science technicians are often overlooked as a profession. That’s why we – in partnership with 乐天堂app下载 Gatsby Charitable Foundation and with input from 乐天堂app下载 Association for Science Education (ASE) – commissioned a piece of research analysing how 乐天堂app下载 school science technician workforce in England has changed since 2011/12.

乐天堂app下载 research was carried out by 乐天堂app下载 National Foundation for Education Research (NFER), and analysed 乐天堂app下载 Department for Education’s school workforce census – an annual data collection of school staff in England and also explores 乐天堂app下载 characteristics, pay and contractual arrangements of 乐天堂app下载 school science technician workforce.

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  • 乐天堂app下载 median full-time equivalent school science technician annual salary has been flat in real-terms between 2011/12 and 2018/19 – having grown at roughly 乐天堂app下载 rate of inflation. Most of 乐天堂app下载 science technician workforce is employed on a term-time only basis, which comes with a significantly lower salary compared to those technicians on a full-year contract.
  • 乐天堂app下载 average number of FTE science technicians per school has fallen by 16 per cent since 2011/12. 乐天堂app下载 proportion of schools with an adequate level of science technician support –according to 乐天堂app下载 Association for Science Education’s suggested minimum service factor – has fallen from 21 to 15 per cent. 
  • Regions in 乐天堂app下载 north of England have considerably lower levels of science technician support than in London or 乐天堂app下载 south of England. Additionally, schools with a less affluent pupil intake tend to have less technician support than those with a more affluent intake.

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We support 乐天堂app下载 following recommendations

  1. 乐天堂app下载 Government should review science technician pay and conditions, considering what policy measures might help to attract and retain science technicians in 乐天堂app下载 future. 

  2. More research should be conducted to understand better 乐天堂app下载 relationship between science technician support and science teacher workload.

  3. 乐天堂app下载 Government should consider what policy measures might encourage schools to increase 乐天堂app下载 level of science technician provision and support.

 

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